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07-11-2018, 11:12 AM   #51466
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World Cup semi-final game on now. My favorite team in this cup has been Japan. No fake injuries and no flops. Just one tough team with excellent ball handling skills. It would be great to see them move onto the next step.


Some of these games make WWE wrestling look good. I am not against issuing a red card for egregious flops. Naymar's recent antics come to mind. I will never root for a team that he plays for. I think it is one of the main reasons that the game has not caught on as a main stream sport in the US. Whenever I talk to people about soccer, the flop is usually one of the first comments out of their mouths.


England up 1 - 0 over Croatia
I'd love to see Crotia win but I don't think that is going to happen.....and yes, the flopping around on the field is embarrassing. The lot of them should go and play a game of hockey or rugby.

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I'd love to see Crotia win but I don't think that is going to happen.....and yes, the flopping around on the field is embarrassing. The lot of them should go and play a game of hockey or rugby.
I think Australian Rules Football for the floppers. I think that an England v France World Cup Final would be great.


Oh oh. 1 - 1.
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QuoteOriginally posted by gaweidert Quote
World Cup semi-final game on now. My favorite team in this cup has been Japan. No fake injuries and no flops. Just one tough team with excellent ball handling skills. It would be great to see them move onto the next step.


Some of these games make WWE wrestling look good. I am not against issuing a red card for egregious flops. Naymar's recent antics come to mind. I will never root for a team that he plays for. I think it is one of the main reasons that the game has not caught on as a main stream sport in the US. Whenever I talk to people about soccer, the flop is usually one of the first comments out of their mouths.


England up 1 - 0 over Croatia
I heard an interview about the flopping with the women's footballer of the year in Europe 2016, she's playing for the same club as Neymar. She said he was a brilliant football player but that his acting was right out embarrassing and ruining the sport.

In the women's team they don't want to admit being in pain and so get up and play on. And when asked if it never was so painful that they couldn't get right back up she said "Sure! But with that kind of pain there's no way you'll roll around on the ground - you lie still!"
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Probably best to launch it into space
Except that the aliens would just throw it back at us.

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But with that kind of pain there's no way you'll roll around on the ground - you lie still!"
Case in point, our catcher taking a 102 mph foul tip to the privates.

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Case in point, our catcher taking a 102 mph foul tip to the privates.
Had to illustrate once again why baseball is not just a kids game.
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re: Cascade Foothills - I am really looking forward to seeing that part of the country one day. When we do our "Year on the Road", it will be a destination for sure.

Oh and sorry, many of those 200 were mine.....sorry
You could spend an entire year in the Cascades from Whistler to Bend, Oregon and not experience all it has to offer.

I have been living and exploring that area since 1965 and there is still more to see.

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QuoteOriginally posted by gaweidert Quote
I think Australian Rules Football for the floppers. I think that an England v France World Cup Final would be great.


Oh oh. 1 - 1.
Yup, all of a sudden, it has become an interesting match...
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You could spend an entire year in the Cascades from Whistler to Bend, Oregon and not experience all it has to offer.

I have been living and exploring that area since 1965 and there is still more to see.
I'll have to get a "best of" list from you before our trip
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One of my grandpas traveled all over the west after grandma passed, late 1940's into the 1950's
He said Oregon was the prettiest state he had ever been in.
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Sloppy play just cost England big time. They have been letting Croatia hang around the goal way too much.
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why is England playing man down

says injury

did they use up all their subs
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why is England playing man down

says injury

did they use up all their subs
Yup all 4...
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Yup all 4...
Old England ain't jolly right now

Croatia just won
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Flipped the tv over near the end, looks like there is crying in football.
15 seconds of soccer will do me for the rest of the year.
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